Example sentences of "of her [noun sg] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says ‘ no ’ more often , rather than suffering or withdrawing , and she is able to remind people of her difficulty in concentrating on more than one thing at a time . |
| 2 | ‘ Let me go ! ’ she snapped , wrath drowning out both her guilt and the unconscious soaring of her heart at seeing him again . |
| 3 | They are the inevitable result of her stand in advocating bourgeois liberalisation over a period of time . ’ |
| 4 | Campaign managers solved the problem of her enthusiasm by giving Hillary her own , separate campaign agenda . |
| 5 | Why did it feel so right to have Luke stroke his hand along the curve of her thigh , to feel it slide up over her hip and dip into the hollow of her waist before moving on to the fullness of her breast ? |
| 6 | It went on to tell of her relief at getting a job as nanny to the Wingfields , and gave an account of their daily life . |
| 7 | Liz attempted her first sketch of her mother , her first outline for the outside world of the domestic ghost with which she had lived so long : Alix spoke of her relief at escaping from the small boarding school world in which her parents and her contemporaries all knew one another far too well : Esther conjured up visions of both deprivation and splendour in her own past . |
| 8 | Mandy Wainwright played exceptionally well in taking the middle set 6–3 from 142 ranked Nana Miyagi from Japan ; whilst Joanne Ward typically made the most of her opportunity by extending Cristina Tessi to 7–5 6–1 . |
| 9 | We had , we had a house matron as well but anyway she was kicked out of her school for sleeping with all the sixth form blokes . |
| 10 | She must have been watching because she smiled , or rather tried not to smile too obviously — she tried to conceal her pleasure in witnessing the beginning of her triumph by pressing her lips together , but the smile came out anyway . |
| 11 | She flinched once , then started to obey , unfastening the ties at the neck of her gown with shaking fingers . |
| 12 | As well as working in the parish , Mrs Sumner was very conscious of her responsibility for training her children and creating a Christian home . |
| 13 | I am silently pleased to be the object of such closely observed mockery and silently proud of her cleverness in carrying it out . |
| 14 | Her sister took a sip of her drink before answering . |
| 15 | Little is known of the ‘ cottage countess ’ but there is no evidence of her surprise at seeing Burghley House , or her supposed decline under the aristocratic social pressures which Tennyson alludes to . |
| 16 | Mrs Blanchard 's already told Mr Coombs of her plan for reducing the budget deficit . |
| 17 | In spite of her love of reading Eva denies being an egghead . |
| 18 | A little girl described by Anna Freud got over her anxiety about seeing ghosts in the dark hall of her home by advising her brother , ‘ There 's no need to be afraid in the hall . |
| 19 | The third Duke of Roxburghe ( 1704–1804 ) , a collector on the grand scale after whom the exclusive bibliophilic Roxburghe Club was named , had a number of tracts concerning Mary Tofts , who perturbed the gynaecologists of her day by claiming to have given birth to a litter of rabbits . |
| 20 | News and Views gets a flavour of her work from sorting out chip butties to banquets . |
| 21 | Today 's readings are taken from a book called A Cup of Water written by Janet Lacey who has devoted many years of her life to working for Christian Aid . |
| 22 | As president of the Federation of University Women she gave much time near the end of her life to compiling the register of university women for war work . |
| 23 | With regard to our overworked ( but ever smiling N.D.O. , , please help to improve the quality of her life by phoning her at home between the hours of 8am – 9am or during office hours . |
| 24 | When I confronted her with the chapter and verse of her part in arranging for tip the press off about her visit to Mrs Bartholomew , she was adamant in her denials . |
| 25 | She started with ten pens in the back garden of her bungalow in Twyning near Tewkesbury . |
| 26 | A necessary precaution — she heard a voice she imagined to be John-William Dallam 's say the words-to discourage others of her kind from following her criminal example . |
| 27 | Part of her motivation in caring for her younger brothers and sister was the wish to earn a special place in her parents ' affection . |
| 28 | " [ Mrs Kit Nash ] , year by year , extended the boundaries of her plot by trimming the bramble hedges always from the inside , allowing them to spread and flourish on the outside … |
| 29 | She was acting on the advice of her therapist in speaking thus . |
| 30 | Trish Groves captures readers ' attention with two anecdotes at the start of her editorial on closing mental hospitals . |